Capturing the Friedmans
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They put me in hypnosis
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and tried to recall facts
that I had buried.

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And that's how I first came out,
started talking about it,

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just through being hypnotized
and everything

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I recalled things
that I would bury.

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I was able to talk about them.
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For example, what would be
something that you recall?

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The actual first time
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I actually recalled
that I was actually molested.

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Wow, I was actually molested.
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I can deal with it now.
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That was the first time.
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And you recalled through
hypnosis the first episode?

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Yes.
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So tell me about that,
if you remember.

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I don't remember much about it.
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It was so long ago.
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I just remember that
I went through hypnosis

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came out,
and it was in my mind.

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19-year-old Jesse Friedman
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was arraigned on more than
198 additional counts

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of child sexual abuse.
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This brings the total number of
sexual abuse charges to 245.

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Jesse was grossly overcharged
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and you're basically
terrorizing the defendant.

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You're telling the defendant
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"Look, if you plead guilty
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you know,
we'll give you a good deal

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and, on,
you know, 2 charges.

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But if you insist
on going to trial

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we're going to put
1,003 charges on you.

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And if you're convicted
of all those charges

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you're gonna rot in jail
the rest of your life. "

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I was told that
if he went to trial

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the judge would give
3 consecutive sentences.

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Instead of concurrent
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the sentencing
would be consecutive.

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I said, "Oh, my god. "
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She just kept telling me
over and over

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"The only thing to do
is to plead guilty

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and to get the
best deal you can.

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You can't go to trial.
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It doesn't matter
if you're guilty or innocent.

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You can't go to trial,
because if you go to trial

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you're gonna go to prison
for the rest of your life. "

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I said, "But Ma,
I didn't do it. "

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She said,
"That doesn't matter.

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You have to plead guilty. "
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You have to understand,
this is a 19-year-old kid


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